haa, a "street style blogger" stopped me on West 3rd St and asked if she could take my picture. i never feel comfortable with it, but i don’t want to refuse because i feel bad. but their photos never really turn out that well so i think i might have to start saying no thank you from now on. sorry, but this street style blogging thing is like the new food blogging– it’s starting to get kinda totally outta hand, it’s ridiculous.

oh by the way, remember when i mentioned "my geld-iaz black twisted kungfu pants" and how at one point Calvin Klein was even sweating them? well these are from the same collection, except the ones Calvin Klein was sweating were the wider version. i don’t have those anymore though, somebody bought them– yes, practically right off my ass— and i never bothered to replace them. i really liked them though (much better than these), so maybe someday…

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About Abbe Diaz

Abbe Diaz is a freelance commercial-artist, designer/dressmaker, and restaurant consultant. She has worked in the restaurant/bar industry for over 25 years, with numerous stints throughout the New York dining/party scene that include: Limelight, Palladium, Tunnel, Club USA, Coffee Shop, Spy, Cafe Tabac, The Strand (Miami Beach), Mercer Kitchen, Ilo, Lotus, and Theo. She served as the opening maître d’ for The Park, Smith, and 66.

She is proud to have had the opportunity to work under such nightlife arbiters as: Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Brian McNally, Jonathan Morr, Peter Gatien, Eric Goode, and Sean Macpherson.

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PX This has been lauded as “the bible of the [NYC] industry,” and its author, Abbe Diaz, has been featured in various media outlets such as The New York Daily News, The New York Post, msn.com, BBC.com, The Morning Show (Australia), CBS’s The Insider, The New York Observer, Blackbook, Time Out New York, Perez Hilton, Gawker, LXTV-NBC, NBC Chicago, New York magazine, Mediabistro, hamptons.com, and foodchannel.com, just to name a few.

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"PX This has got to be one of the best books on fashion ever written… [shows] what it takes to make it in a big city… so inspirational… gives me the strength and courage to follow my dreams…" - N.K., Detroit

"You know you've arrived when you've lunched with Alaïa." - New York Times Magazine, November 2003

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• “… [But] it turns out… Abbe Diaz has spent over a year shopping a treatment based on her own book… assuming the producers can find someone fierce enough to play the role of Diaz.” - New York Magazine

• “Writer and “former maitre d’ to the stars”, Abbe Diaz published four years' worth of diary entries to describe her entire grueling employment experience working in some of Manhattan’s top restaurants… [but] her old employers began requiring mandatory confidentiality agreements from staff… Too bad that didn't stop the thank you’s and fan-letters from coming though.”- BBC.com

• "… one of the funniest books I have read in a very long time… really draws back the curtain on some of the hottest restaurants ever!" - D.N., New York

• "… loved the fascinating glimpse into the high-fashion world! … Congrats on writing a great and funny book…" - N.L., Montreal

• "… one of the funniest and most genuinely written books ever! … love your writing style … a hell of a writer! … definitely recommending it to my readers." - thefashioninsider.co.cc, Qatar